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Landslide death toll rises to 22 in south-west China; 45 missing

The death toll has risen to at least 22
with 45 people still missing after heavy rain caused several landslides in
mountainous areas of southwestern China's Yunnan province, the government said
Monday.

Torrential rain caused mud and rock to flow
down valleys and hillsides in at least 13 counties of Yunnan over the past few
days, affecting more than 411,000 people, the provincial Civil Affairs
Department reported on its website, reported dpa.

At least 284 homes collapsed and more than
700 others were damaged with electricity and telecommunications cut off to
several areas, the report said.

State media quoted officials as saying it
was still too early to confirm the exact number of landslides in remote areas.

More than 25,000 people in Yunnan's Chuxiong district were evacuated, the Civil Affairs Department said.

The provincial government dispatched five
teams of relief workers and sent food, tents, clothes and bedding to the
worst-hit areas, the official Xinhua news agency said.

About 150 soldiers were searching for
people reported missing but continuing heavy rain was hampering their work, the
agency said.

Another eight people died and two were
missing after heavy rain hit Yunnan's neighbouring region of Guangxi, it said
in a separate report.

The rain affected nearly 850,000 people and
forced the evacuation of 91,000 residents of 18 counties in Guangxi, the agency
said.